Unfamiliar terms

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Posted by: nightwing.2179

nightwing.2179

In map and guild chat, as well as on the forums, I see terms that I haven’t seen on other games before. Now that I have played GW2 for a decent amount of time, I see these terms come up more often. Can anyone help explain what these mean?

Bunker (see it used with ele and warriors)
Blink (not sure what profession)
Vertical/horizontal progression
PBAoE (something area of effect?)

Thanks in advance for the help!

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Posted by: Apathy.6430

Apathy.6430

Bunker pretty much means sit on one place and hold ground.

Blink is a short range teleport.

Vertical progression is getting better and better gear the more you play

Horizontal progression is getting different gear the more you play

PBAoE is self centered area of effect.

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Posted by: Zenyatoo.4059

Zenyatoo.4059

Bunker: basically a tank. But it’s a bit beyond that. A bunker build is one that is well suited towards absorbing large amounts of punishment without needing to flee. This is used in PvP, as point scoring relies on capturing certain locations. However it’s hard/impossible to do this if someone on the enemy team is on said location. Meaning that a build which can take plenty of damage without needing to leave the location can secure a point advantage despite being outnumbered. When you see bunker, think tank.

Blink: A blink is basically a teleport. More specifically a blink is a teleport that cannot ignore the Z axis (height) Nor certain gaps, or walls. Teleports can (think the difference between a mesmer portal, which can take people through and up walls and an elementalist lightning flash, which cant go up except in very specific cases, through walls, or even across jumpable gaps)

vertical/horizontal progression: im not too sure on this. If I were to guess, I would assume it has to do with different types of advancement in any sort of environment. In Guild wars I suppose it probably has to do with gear. Vertical progression would be moving up or down in gear tiers, such as going from fine→masterwork→rare. Whereas horizontal progression would be acquiring a different set of the same tier of gear, such as getting a tanky set in addition to your normal one. I could be completely wrong.

PBAoE: Point Blank AoE (Aoe means Area of effect) AoE skills mean anything that hits multiple targets in 1 specific area. Such as the elementalist skill lava font. PBAoE is similar, but the AoE is limited to the area around the caster, examples would be churning earth, fire grab, drakes breath, ETC.

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Posted by: synk.6907

synk.6907

Bunker (see it used with ele and warriors)
Blink (not sure what profession)
Vertical/horizontal progression
PBAoE (something area of effect?)

Bunker is often used to describe trait/stat builds with the intent to be very "tanky" and self-sufficient, being able to defend against a lot of damage and support. In other words, a tough shell to crack, much like a bunker.

Blink is a mesmer skill that allows us mesmers to teleport a short distance horizontally (but cannot be used to climb or cross gaps in, say, a cliff).

Vertical progression usually means introducing new gear and items that are better than the last and having players continually advance among the ranks of equipment without necessarilly ever reaching the top [as it keeps being added and extended]. Most MMOs have vertical progression in them.

Horizontal usually means that the things players go for and get on their characters are more for cosmetic or personal interests due to a more level "power" structure (meaning one type of armor wasn’t better than another, instead offering a new look or customization of the character; the stats and upgrades on the equipment are essentially the same at max level) of the equipment. GW1 was a great example of relying mostly on horizontal progression.

PBAoE: I used to think that it stood for "place-based area of effect", meaning that the AoE occurs at a specified place. But that place is typically where the caster is, and being able to target where an AoE goes is different. So, correctly, it is "point-blank area of effect", as it occurs only around the caster.

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Posted by: Klat.5846

Klat.5846

As others have explained the others quite clearly. I’ll explain PBAoE.

PBAoE = This term has been used since the first generation of MMOs over 10 years ago. It just means Point Blank Area of Effect. PBAoE spells are AoE spells which originates and effects people AROUND the caster (360 degrees angle).

Other common ‘Area of Effects’

AoE = Area of Effect itself is a broad term but specifically it’s usually referring to ‘targetted’ AoE where your ability will cast an area of effect on your selected target.

GTAE = Ground targetted Area of Effect. Pretty self-explanatory and was a widely used term in First Gen MMOs but has fell out of use and the above ‘AoE’ term has taken place over it.

CAE = Cone Area of Effect. Abilities which only effects to targets which are in front of the caster usually between 45 to 90 degrees angle.